Tasting Notes
Nose: Tropical fruit and dried mango with caramel, gentle peat smoke, savoury oak and warm spice.
Palate: Juicy mango, grilled pineapple and citrus, layered with soft vanilla and toasted coconut; gentle savoury smoke balances the sweetness.
Finish: Gentle peat smoke and savoury oak linger with warming spice and a soft ember-like warmth.
Summary
Living Souls' Batch #3 is a 40-year-old blended Scotch bottled at 44.6% ABV; the blend was laid down to marry in 1998 in refill sherry butts before an ex-Islay quarter cask finish. It is a tropical, softly smoky style, combining mango and pineapple sweetness with vanilla, coconut, seasoned oak and restrained savoury spice.
Interesting Facts
- It is bottled at natural colour and is non-chill filtered.
- Living Souls was founded in Glasgow in 2024 by John Torrance, Jamie Williamson and Calum Leslie.
- The Batch #3 blend was laid down to marry in 1998 before its ex-Islay quarter cask finish.
